Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021

Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 27 Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2016-17 to 2020-21

Cases commenced Caseload at 31 March
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Number
Total 1,042 1,042 1,064 999 629 3,328 3,408 3,468 3,755 3,529
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 443 460 469 403 232 1,469 1,543 1,509 1,687 1,574
Extended sentence 167 129 133 129 88 558 526 581 608 594
Life sentence 34 30 34 31 16 770 756 766 774 783
Order for lifelong restriction 5 11 13 13 7 119 139 157 155 160
Short-term sex offender1 116 149 195 156 113 115 132 159 192 168
Supervised release order 277 263 220 267 173 297 312 296 339 250
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 42.5 44.1 44.1 40.3 36.9 44.1 45.3 43.5 44.9 44.6
Extended sentence 16.0 12.4 12.5 12.9 14.0 16.8 15.4 16.8 16.2 16.8
Life sentence 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.1 2.5 23.1 22.2 22.1 20.6 22.2
Order for lifelong restriction 0.5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 3.6 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.5
Short-term sex offender1 11.1 14.3 18.3 15.6 18.0 3.5 3.9 4.6 5.1 4.8
Supervised release order 26.6 25.2 20.7 26.7 27.5 8.9 9.2 8.5 9.0 7.1

1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.

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